Polling vs. Interrupt — What's the Difference?

The casting and registering of votes in an election.

In digital computers, an interrupt is a response by the processor to an event that needs attention from the software. An interrupt condition alerts the processor and serves as a request for the processor to interrupt the currently executing code when permitted, so that the event can be processed in a timely manner.

The number of votes cast or recorded.

To break the continuity or uniformity of

The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group

To stop (someone engaged in an activity) by saying or doing something

A place where votes are cast and registered

To cause an activity to stop by saying or doing something.

A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.

A signal to a computer that stops the execution of a running program so that another action can be performed.

The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.

A circuit that conveys a signal stopping the execution of a running program.

The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or axe.

(ambitransitive) To disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly.

To receive (a given number of votes).

(transitive) To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of.

To receive or record the votes of

To assert to (a computer) that an exceptional condition must be handled.

To cast (a vote or ballot).

An event that causes a computer or other device to temporarily cease what it was doing and attend to a condition.

To question in a survey; canvass.

To break into, or between; to stop, or hinder by breaking in upon the course or progress of; to interfere with the current or motion of; to cause a temporary cessation of; as, to interrupt the remarks of anyone speaking.

To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.

To divide; to separate; to break the monotony of; as, the evenness of the road was not interrupted by a single hill.

To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of

Broken; interrupted.

To vote at the polls in an election.

Make a break in;

Present participle of poll

Destroy the peace or tranquility of;

The action of taking a poll.

Interfere in someone else's activity;

(computing) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral or service to see if it has data to transfer.

Terminate;

The process of voting in an election.

The act of topping, lopping, or cropping, as trees or hedges.

Plunder, or extortion.

The act of voting, or of registering a vote.